All children deserve a kind, joyous and peaceful upbringing, one in which they can thrive emotionally and developmentally with confidence and authenticity. As the African-American social reformer, orator, and statesman Frederick Douglass once said, “It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken adults.” And so it is our task to offer children a caring and loving childhood in a nurturing environment, because when children are provided with attentive and reverent care, they are able to establish trust in the world, a gift they will carry with them throughout adulthood and in dealing with the world at large.